This can be the year you master new homesteading skills! Just follow this series of DIY articles from our new book, 52 Homestead Skills: A Self-Taught Homesteader’s One-Year Journey to Learning a Skill a Week.

Every month, we’ll release a different chapter from this engaging book by aspiring homesteader Kimberlee Bastien. The chapters will appear in a variety of exciting platforms, including issues of Mother Earth News and sister titles Grit, Capper’s Farmer, Heirloom Gardener, and Mother Earth Living.

Links to the latest releases will be posted here every month, so keep checking back to join Kimberlee and her family on their journey.

Buy the Book

52 Homestead Skills by Kimberlee Bastien

We’re giving you 12 great chapters for free, but there’s much more content available in Kimberlee’s book.

You can buy52 Homestead Skills in our online store. Click on the link to see a preview of selected pages.

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